Bubba Gump teeth

I know yall have all seen those fake teeth that you wear that are missing a bunch of teeth or are black. Well poor little JT doesn't have the fake teeth, but it looks like he is wearing them. Poor kid just keeps loosing teeth faster than they can grow back. Also I feel for him because if you look at the one front tooth that has already come in, it is HUGE! I am so sorry! Big teeth run on my side of the family. Good thing we have great dental insurance!

New addition to our family!

Actually 2 new additions. No, I have not been secretly pregnant with twins, but we got two pet hermit crabs. Or I should say JT did. His friend Natalie just had to give these to him for his birthday. He is just so excited about them.

This is a really nice set up, they have 5 shells in there. They don't really move much, so I am not sure what all the excitement is about them. One of them JT has named Biggie, because it is the larger of the two.

This one here in front he has named Happy, because it is in a Happy Easter Shell. I just hope he still likes them as much a month from now.

100th day of school

Today is the 100th day of school. The kindergarteners were suppose to make either a poster with 100 items or a shirt with a 100 items. So I ask Dylan what he wants to do and he says he wants to make a shirt and that he wants 50 bumble bees and 10 bee hives and so I say and 40 flowers, he says no mom, 40 footballs.

So this morning I get the boys up for school and Dylan is saying he doesn't want to go (he already missed Tuesday-Thursday due to being sick). I tell him he can't miss anymore. So I go to put his shirt on and he starts crying saying he doesn't want to wear it because he is going to look stupid. I am like what, this was your idea. He crys some more and says everyone is going to laugh at him. I tell him they won't as they will be wearing shirts with stuff on it too. I finally get him dressed and put his jacket on (which he zips up and says he isn't taking it off) and I tell him I will pack him another shirt so he can change if after getting to school he is still embarrassed. Here is a picture of him this morning, not happy!

This is the back of his shirt with the 40 footballs (the bees and bee hives are on the front). Daddy tried to make it look like a smiley face with the tongue sticking out and eyebrows.

So the school nurse calls me about 11:00 saying JT isn't feeling well, so I get dressed (as now I am not feeling well and was still in PJ's resting) and go up there. It is lunch time so I ask JT what is wrong and he says his head hurts so I give him medicine and say that I will wait until after lunch to see how he feels and if he is feeling better then I will leave him for the rest of the day (I didn't want him to miss any school because he is going to miss a few days next week when he has tubes in) and if not I would bring him home. So I go talk to Dylan's teacher to let her know he had a bad morning and see how he did. She said that he had his jacket zipped up the first part of the morning and she didn't even know that he had a 100th day shirt on. She had the kids come up and talk about their shirts and when she thought she was done she asked if anyone else had anything to share and she said he raised his hand and came up to the front and unzipped his jacket so everyone could see and she said he was smiling from ear to ear. Glad to see it all worked out for him.

Prayers please

I am a member of a moms group and one of the girls best friends daughter was just diagnosed with ALL leukemia. She is only 3 years old and was just brought to Texas Children's Hospital yesterday and they will begin treatment soon (I think today). Her name is Jolie, I can't imagine what her family is going through right now so if you could just please say a prayer for her and her family!



Also please scroll down to the help us post and read it and maybe give us a good idea for spring break.

Thanks and blessings!

Dylan was sick!

So Monday we go to take JT to the doctor for his 8 year check up and Dylan was sitting on my lap and he tells me he is tired. I figured he would be as we had let the boys lay in bed and watch the end of the Superbowl Sunday so he went to bed later than usual. The doctor comes in and takes one look at Dylan and ask me if I think he has the flu. I say no, he is just tired. The doctor says no I think he might have the flu. I will test him after I am done with JT. I say ok. So to make a long story shot the test comes back positive for the flu. Sure enough by the time we get home he is already running a fever. He is better now. So today, Wednesday, daddy had the day off and they decide they are going to try to be scientist.

Dylan loves dinosaurs and he got this little science dinosaur mold kit for Christmas and we hadn't done it, so we decide we will try it today. He had fun putting the bones together on his T-Rex and then daddy mixed the stuff and poured it into the mold. It had to sit for 6 hours.




























Not sure what happened to it, but it didn't cover it completely. The gel didn't stick to it around the feet and jaw. Oh well, as you can see on Dylan's face he still had a fun time putting it together. It did come with another mix so if you want you can try it again. Lets just say daddy got a little frustrated with it and I don't think we will be trying it again anytime soon. In the long run, I am not real sure if he ever even had the flu. If so it was a real mild form of it as he only ran a little bit of fever and had a runny nose. He is all better now and will return to school tomorrow
since he hasn't had any fever since Tuesday night.

Girly-girl!

For a little girl who likes to play sports and ride 4 wheelers and run around with her two brothers she still has a girly side. So my sister Susan (the kids call her Aunt SuSu) and my niece Tori took Emily to Walgreens the other day with them. When they come home what does my daughter have in her hands. Lip gloss and finger nail polish. Two of her favorite things.







First thing when she wakes up the next morning she is ready to paint her nails. She actually did a pretty good job. Now she does gets lot of practice as she will paint her nails let it dry peel it off and then want to paint them again. She has had so much fun doing this.










Now she hasn't mastered the art of applying lipgloss yet. I am sure it is only a matter of time as she will put it on then 5 minutes later she wipes it off only to turn around and put it on again. And for those who know Emily well, you thought she was bad with gum.








Thanks Aunt SuSu for this wonderful gift as it is giving her lots of entertainment.

Help Us!!

Ok, so it is almost time for spring break. Todd and I can't agree on what to do. Got any suggestions? We talked about driving up to the Smokey Mountains and stopping at different places on the way. I don't think Emily would have alot of fun as she doesn't like to sit for long times. Then we talked about going to Florida and going to Disneyworld, but I would like to wait and go in the summer and stay at the Nickelodeon hotel (when the rates are better) as the kids keep wanting to go there. I am afraid if we go camping it might be too cold or rainy. Last year for spring break we went to Dallas to go to Six Flags over Texas then drove to San Antonio to go to Fiesta Texas. That was fun and thinking about doing that again, but would be fun to do something new. So leave me a comment or drop me an email to give us some ideas on something fun we could do with the kids for spring break. Please!!!! Thanks and have a great week.